In the 1776 West Prussia Census he is listed in Lakendorf with 1 son and 1 daughter (H. Penner, p. 427). He migrated from Prussia to Neuendorf, Chortitza, South Russia in 1795 (P. Rempel, p. 35). At the time of his death in 1801 he was living at Neuendorf #6 (B.H. Unruh, p. 249). Reimer p. 123: "So meldete sich [for emigration to Russia] beim Stadtgericht in Elbing 1793 der Einwohner Hans Driedger von der Zeierschen Campe..."